PowerShell/Docs/close-program.md

The close-program.ps1 PowerShell Script

This PowerShell script closes a program's processes gracefully.

Parameters

close-program.ps1 [[-FullProgramName] <String>] [[-ProgramName] <String>] [[-ProgramAliasName] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-FullProgramName <String>
    Specifies the full program name
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-ProgramName <String>
    Specifies the program name
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    2
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-ProgramAliasName <String>
    Specifies the program alias name
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    3
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./close-program "Google Chrome" "chrome.exe"

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Source Code

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Closes a program's processes 
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script closes a program's processes gracefully.
.PARAMETER FullProgramName
	Specifies the full program name
.PARAMETER ProgramName
	Specifies the program name
.PARAMETER ProgramAliasName
	Specifies the program alias name
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./close-program "Google Chrome" "chrome.exe"
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([string]$FullProgramName = "", [string]$ProgramName = "", [string]$ProgramAliasName = "")

try {
	if ($ProgramName -eq "") {
		get-process | where-object {$_.mainWindowTitle} | format-table Id, Name, mainWindowtitle -AutoSize
		$ProgramName = read-host "Enter program name"
	}
	if ($FullProgramName -eq "") {
		$FullProgramName = $ProgramName
	}

	$Processes = get-process -name $ProgramName -errorAction 'silentlycontinue'
	if ($Processes.Count -ne 0) {
		foreach ($Process in $Processes) {
			$Process.CloseMainWindow() | Out-Null
		} 
		start-sleep -milliseconds 100
		stop-process -name $ProgramName -force -errorAction 'silentlycontinue'
	} else {
		$Processes = get-process -name $ProgramAliasName -errorAction 'silentlycontinue'
		if ($Processes.Count -eq 0) {
			throw "$FullProgramName isn't running"
		}
		foreach ($Process in $Processes) {
			$_.CloseMainWindow() | Out-Null
		} 
		start-sleep -milliseconds 100
		stop-process -name $ProgramName -force -errorAction 'silentlycontinue'
	}
	if ($($Processes.Count) -eq 1) {
		"✔️ $FullProgramName closed, 1 process stopped"
	} else {
		"✔️ $FullProgramName closed, $($Processes.Count) processes stopped"
	}
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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